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Map of Denmark c. 1635 Braun-Hogenberg

Map of Denmark c. 1635 Braun-Hogenberg
Map of Denmark c. 1635 Braun-Hogenberg

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OLDEST PRINTED MAP OF DENMARK. BRAUN, GEORG - HOGENBERG, FRANS - JORDAN, MARCUS. Danorum Marca, uel Cimbricum, aut Daniae Regnum... Cologne c. 1635.
Hand-coloured engraved map with four cartouches, coat-of-arms, sailing ship and sea-beasts. Latin text on verso with page number 25. C. 380x460 mm.

After a drawing by Marcus Jordan who count von Rantzau (the Danish governor in Schleswig-Holstein) commissioned to draw the map.

Bramsen, p. 58-61. Ginsberg p. 105 and image no. 24.9.
This map of Denmark by Marcus Jordan is the only actual map featured in Braun and Hogenberg´s atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum, first published 1588. Rantzau´s coat of arms is surrounded by Athena and Ares on the cartouche at bottom right.

Konditionsrapport

Lacking small part of lower edge on margin. Some soiling.

Auktionsnummer:

496445

Datum:

2017-11-06